Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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Rigging the light line. V Though the sonarmen ,and torpedomen had but one week of intensive anti-submarine warfare operations during which to show their ' 'stuff, they had to maintain an alert watch at all times for unidentified sonar contacts. Once on our trip down to Singapore they gained what appeared to be a very good sonar contact, though the contact was later classified as a non-submarine. Music for the forcastle.

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,,A'i I v fi' 1 1 'af IV gr. rf LV' 'S 51 , r I Set the helo detail. The work of the Weapons Department is not all so glamorous, for the often thankless job of cleaning and preserving 907, of the topside spaces falls to them. Since the ship experienced more than its fair share of heavy weather, the job was especially difficult. First division personnel alone used about 400 gallons of paint during the cruise in their never ending battle to stop the rust which seemed to come from everywhere. Aside from this, first division personnel had the respon- sibility of manning the lifeguard, planeguard and helo details which were called away often several times during a day. Lower her away. Veteran of the wars.

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